Description:European Journal of Epidemiology, published for the first time
in 1985, serves as a forum on the epidemiology of communicable and non-communicable
diseases and their control. The results of epidemiologic studies are essential
arguments for action in the field of public health policies and efforts are
made to bring the journal to the decision makers' attention. The journal is
also a source of material for those who are actively engaged in teaching epidemiology.

The journal covers the different fields of epidemiology, a science which
has always been multidisciplinary by nature: contributions are encouraged
from the fields of public health planning and control, economy, preventive
medicine, clinical trials, vaccinology, psychology, molecular biology, mathematical
modelization and computer sciences.

The "moving wall" represents the time period between the last issue
available in JSTOR and the most recently published issue of a journal.
Moving walls are generally represented in years. In rare instances, a
publisher has elected to have a "zero" moving wall, so their current
issues are available in JSTOR shortly after publication.
Note: In calculating the moving wall, the current year is not counted.
For example, if the current year is 2008 and a journal has a 5 year
moving wall, articles from the year 2002 are available.

Terms Related to the Moving Wall

Fixed walls: Journals with no new volumes being added to the archive.

Absorbed: Journals that are combined with another title.

Complete: Journals that are no longer published or that have been
combined with another title.

Abstract

Professional exposure to vegetable dusts affect the respiratory function of the exposed subjects. A previous survey conducted in an industrial flour-mill demonstrated a higher frequency of respiratory symptoms in workers compared to a control group. Ten subjects employed in a work site particularly exposed to dust were studied. Each subject answered a questionnaire and performed on Mondays and Fridays, at the begenning and end of his work shift, a flow volume curve and an isocapnic hyperventilation test. The aerobiology of the professional environment was also measured. We noted: 1) in the flow volume curves: a drop in the FEV1 during the Monday morning shift, a significant difference between the FEV1 (p<0.05) and the MMEFR 25-75 (p<0.05) measured at 6 am on Monday and Friday, and between the MMEFR 25-75 values obtained at 12 noon on Monday and Friday (p<0.05). 2) after isocapnic hyperventilation, a significant drop in the MMEFR 25-75 at 6 am on Monday (p<0.01) and in the FEV1 and MMEFR 25-75 at 12 noon on Mondays (p<0.05), a significant drop in the FEV1 at 1 pm on Monday (p<0.01).